विख्यात

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विख्यात (vikhyāta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪkʰ.jɑːt̪/, [ʋɪkʰ.jäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Adjective

विख्यात • (vikhyāt) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وِکھیات)

1. renowned, famous

   Synonyms: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddh), मशहूर (maśhūr), प्रख्यात (prakhyāt)

Derived terms

• विश्वविख्यात (viśvavikhyāt)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विख्यात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press